Motor-vehicle cover



A. OLSEN.

MOTOR VEHICLE c 0vR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30.191]. 1,331,122.

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MOTOR'VEHICLE COVER.

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MOTOR VEHICLE COVER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1917.

Patented Feb. 17,1920.

3 SHEE\b-SHEEI 3 To all whom it may concern:

AXEL OLSEN, 0F MEN'DOZA, ARGENTINA.

MOTOR-VEHICLE COVER...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1'7, 1920.

Application filed June 80, 1917. Serial No. 177,884.

Be it known that I, Am OLSEN, a citizen of Denmark, .residing at Mendoza, Argentina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor-Vehicle Covers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide a conveniently operable cover particularly designed for use in connection with touring cars and roadsters for effectively protecting the seats and interior of the motor vehicle when not in use.

Another object is the provision of means for supporting the cover in inoperative position in the backs of the seats. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a motor vehicle, illustrating the invention applied to use,

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the vehicle, partly in section,

Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

ig. 4 represents a fragmentary transverse sectional view through the motor vehicle, Fig. 5 represents an enlarged sectional view on the plane of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 represents a fragmentary perspective view of the cover,

Fig. 7 represents a detail sectional view through the cover, v

Fig. 8 represents a fragmentary plan view of one .of the supporting strips for the cover, i

Fig, 9 represents a fragmentary sectional view through the side of the motor vehlcle, illustrating'a modification of the invention,

Fig. 10 represents a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through a modified form offthe invention,

Fig. 11. represents a fragmentary perspecspacing bars 25.

with the modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 10.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates generally a well known type of touring car including a body 11, having front and rear doors 12 and 13, and front andrear seats l t and 15, respectively, provided with the backs 16 and 17.

In applying the invention to use, the front and rear seat backs 16 and 17 are each provided with shaft-receiving housings 18, in which are rotatably supported the winding shafts 19. A flexible protective covering, designated generally by the numeral 20 is secured to each of the shafts 19, and is movable forwardly through a slot formed in the front portion of the back to the position shown in Fi 1. The protective covering associated with the rear seat is adapted when extended, or moved forwardly, to engage the back of the front seat 14:, and is sewhich are secured in spaced relation by the i The sides and rear doors 13' of the vehicle body are provided with horizontal channels 26 into which the longitudinal edge portions of the cover project, and a flexible closure flap 27 is secured to the inner surface of the vehicle body and doors above the channel 26, and is adapted, when the cover is wound upon the shaft 19, to cover the channel and prevent dust. and dirt entering,

As will be noted more clearly from Figs. 2 and 4', the flexible covering 20 is inclined transversely from each edge toward the central reinforcing strip 23, and, due to this inclination, acts to direct moisture toward the strip, this strip being inclined downwardly and forwardly to accord with the downward and forward inclination-of the guide channels 26-. By this arrangement, moisture which falls upon the cover is directed away from the lateral edges thereof, this moisture being caused to flow longitudinally of the cover toward the front of the vehicle, it being understood that any 'suitable means such as a discharge opening or drain tube may be provided for receiving the drainage from the forward edge of the cover at the central portionthereofand directmg the same away from the automobile.

In this connection, it is to be noted that the downwardly and inwardly inclined flaps 27 at each side of the vehicle body, in addition to preventing entry of dust and foreign materials into the channels 26, also serve to direct moisture which collects thereon downwardly and inwardly onto the upper surface of the cover thus efl'ectually preventing entry of this moisture into the channels and about the inner edges of the cover into the interior of the body of the automobile. Where a cover of corrugated construction such as that illustrated in Fig. 6 is employed,

the alternate channels which extent trans- I versely. of this cover materially assist .in

draining moisture toward the central reinforcing strip 23 for the pur ose stated. i?"

The. upper and lower si e stri s 24 at each edge of the cover are provi ed with a palr of superposed friction reducing rollers 28, which engagethe 'top and bottom walls of the channel, and are designed to ported upon one'of the spacing bars 25 inpermit free movement of the cover. A friction reducing roller 29 is rotatablysuptermediate the pairs of rollers 28, and is arranged at right angles tothe latter, or in engagement with the outer wall of the channe 26 to further insure free movement of the cover.

The front cover 20 is constructed similarly to the rear cover except that one of the side strips 24 is eliminated, together with of the front cover 20 is provided with a slot 32, to accommodate the steering post 33 and the steering gear of the motor vehicle, and a slidable cover 34 is arranged over the'slot and is adapted to be moved thereover after the cdver 20 has been moved into operative position to insure against entrance of rain or dirt through the slot 32. Each" of the winding shafts 19 is connected with one terminal of a coil s ring 36, the opposite end of which is secure toapost 37 which is secured-to the wall of the opening 18,

whereby the tension of the sprin normally tends to rotate the shaft in a 'rection to wind the cover thereon. It will be understood that the front and rear covers are secured in extended or o erative position,

when desired, to protect t e interior of the motor vehicle by the turn buttons 21.

In the modifications of the invention illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11 the numeral 16 indicates the back of the front seat 14 of the motor vehicle, which is of hollow construction and accommodates the winding shafts 19 for both front and rear covers 20. This form of the invention is identically the same as the form above described, except that the supporting shaft for the rear cover 20" is arranged 1n the front seat of the motor vehicle, and consequently in order to extend or move the cover to operative position it is drawn rearwardly toward the occupants'of the rear seat. In, this form of the invention it is evident that the rear cover may be drawn rearwardly over the occupants of the rear seat, providing a protection therefor. A binding strip .38 is secured to the rear edge of the rear cover 20 to provide a hand ip by which the cover may be held in posltion over the occupants of the rear seat.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a vehicle body including a seat arranged therein, of a housing positioned adjacent said seat, a winding shaft mounted in said housing, the side walls of said body being provided in their inner faces with guide channels inclined longitudinally thereof, and a flexible covering windable upon said shaft having its edge portions operable in said channels, the covering being adapted when extended to form a protecting member for the interior of the body of the .vehicle and for said seat,

said cover being inclined downwardly and inwardly from each edge toward its center so as to direct moisture "falling thereon away from said channel," this moisture draining from the lower end of the cover.

. 2. The combination with a vehicle body including a seat, of a housing arranged adjacent said seat, a -winding shaft mounted in said housing, the body being provided with longitudinally inclined grooves in the inner facebf each side thereof, a flexible coverin 'winda'ble upon said shaft and having its ateral edge portions operable in the channels, the covering when'extended form; ing a projecting member extending above said seat and the lower portion of the in- ,terior of the body, the cover being inclined downwardly and rearwardly from each side so as to direct moisture falling thereon toward the central portion of said cover, and

flexible fla s for nor-m'ally clos nels, the aps being inclined ownwardly said chan-- rected and inwardly with their lower edges resting upon the upper face of said cover when the cover is extended so as to direct moisture falling thereon away from 'the said channe s.

3. The combination with a vehicle body including a seat, of a housing mounted adj acent said seat, a winding shaft mounted in said housing, the body being provided with a longitudinally extending c annel in the inner face of each side thereof, the channels being inclined downwardly away from the seat, and a transversely corrugated flexible covering windable upon said shaft and having its edge portions operable in said channels, the cover being inclined downwardly from each edge toward the center thereof so as to direct moisture to the center of the cover, this moisture being drained from the cover at the central portion of the lower end of anti-friction rollers operable in said' channels and providing anti-friction mount.

ings for guiding and supporting the edge portions of the cover.

5. The combination with a vehicle body including. a seat, of a housing arranged adjacent said seat, a winding shaft mounted therein, a flexible covering windable on said shaft and adapted when extended to forma cover for the seat and the interior of the vehiclebody and a plurality of inwardl di- 1 e rollers mounted upon the inner face .0 said housing and acting to engage said cover when being wound upon the shaft so as toinsure accurate winding thereof.

6. The combination with a vehicle body including a seat of hollow construction, of a housing mounted in said seat, said housing bein formed from a single sheet of material ent into substantial Sshape in cross section to provide upper and lower shaft receiving compartmenta'said compartments being provided with op ositely directed outlet openings,"w inding s afts mounted in said compartments, and flexible covers windable upon said shafts and operable through the openings of the housing adapted, when extended, to form protective coverings for the forward and rearward portions of the interior of the vehicle body and for the seats carried thereby.

7. The com ination with a vehicle body including a seat, of a housing arranged adjacent said seat, a windingshaft mounted therein, said body halving longitudinally extendin channels formed in its inner face of each slde, a flexible covering windable on said shaft, rollers mounted in each of said channels for forming antifriction connections between the longitudinal edges of said flexible covering, and the walls of said channels, and flexible flaps carried by said bodyl adjacent said channels for engagement wit said flexible coverin when the covering is extended to close said channels and direct IIlOlStllI'G falling on said flaps toward the longitudinal center of said flexible coverin 8. The combination with a vehicle b0 y including a seat, of a housing positioned adjacent said seat, a winding shaft mounted in said housing, said body being provided in the iImer face of its side portions with longitudinal channels in which are located roller bearings, rollers mounted in said bearings and arranged adjacent each wall of said channels, a flexible covering windable on said shaft with its longitudinal edges riding between the rollers in said channels whenthe flexible covering is extended and rewound upon said shaft, said rollers contacting with all faces of the flexible covering riding therebetween to guide the flexible cover and retain the latter in position, and flexible flaps carried by said vehicle body and having free longitudinal edges resting upon the outer face of said flexible covering to close sald channels and direct moisture falling on said flaps toward the longitudinal center of said flexible cov:

,ering.

9. The combination with a vehicle body including a seat, of a housing arranged adjacent said seat, a winding shaft mounted in said housing, a flexible covering windable on said shaft and adapted to be extended over said seat, side straps carried along the lon 'tudinal edges of said flexible covering, saigloody having inclined longitudinalchannels formed in the inner face of the sides thereof, said side straps extendin into said channels, horizontaland vertica mounted bearing rollers carried by said side straps and contacting with the walls ofsaid 'channels to support said flexible coverin and ide the same over said seat, and aps carried by said body and inclined downwardly with their free longitudinal edges restingupon said flexible coverin to close said channels and direct moisture alling on said flaps toward the longitudinal center ofsaid flexible covering.

10. The combination with a vehicle body including .a seat, of a housing mounted in said seat, said'housing being of substantially S-shape in cross section to provide upper and lower shaft receiving compartments, said compartments being provided exible with oppositely directed outlet openings, shafts mounted in said compartments, flexible covers windable upon said shafts and operable through the openings thereof, said flexible covers bein adapted when extended to form protective coverings for the forward and rearward portions of the interior of the vehicle body and for the seats car- 'ried thereby, means for supporting and guiding the edges of said flexible covers, 10 and abindin strip for the free edge of one of said flexib e covers.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AXEL OLSEN. Witnesses:

D. A. SMALL, U. C. MIRL. 

